Pat Morita was a truly generous actor, a gifted comic, and an even greater friend, ... It was both my honor and privilege to have worked with him and create a bit of cinema magic together.
Quotes about morita (4 Quotes)
Morita said in a 1986 interview with The Associated Press he was billed as Noriyuki Pat ... the only name my parents gave me.
I named it the Zen Fencing Academy for my hero, a gentleman by the name of Joe Odom, who sadly passed away last year. He was my role model as a fencer and as an instructor. He founded a club in Pittsburgh, Fencers For Fun, as a method of keeping kids off the streets. He always came to (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) to help us out because we didn't have a coach. We always referred to him as the 'Zen master of fencing'. He was that wise old Pat Morita kind of character.
We are not repairing that road because of the imminent danger, perhaps, of the Morita Dam. Because I don't want my people out there repairing the highway, and if the dam could break we could lose more people, so we're awaiting the all clear to do that.